10 Reasons to visit the Azores

10 razões para visitar os Açores.10 reasons to visit the Azores
Publicado por Rádio Horizonte Açores em Quarta-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2016

Dive Spots

São Miguel Island

Season challenge offers a great variety of diving sites near São Miguel coast that goes from rock formations, that provide shelter to a great diversity of marine species, to the artificial reef of the Dori shipwreck. 

In this diving spots you will be able to see ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo), blue damselfish (Abudefduf luridus), barred hogfish (Bodianus scrofa), grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus),  mediterranean and fangtooh morays (Muraena helena and Enchelycore anatina), white seabream (Diplodus sargus), stingrays (Dasyatis pastinaca). Also you can observe large pelagic species such as yellowmouth barracuda (Sphyraena viridensis), guelly jacks (Pseudocarantx dentex), among other fascinating species.